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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5321 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a DHS 

Cybersecurity Internship Program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 14, 2024 

Mr. PETERS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish 

a DHS Cybersecurity Internship Program, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DHS Cybersecurity 

5 Internship Program Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY CYBERSE7 CURITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 

8 (a) PROGRAM.—Subtitle D of title XIII of the Home9 land Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296; 116 


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1 Stat. 2298 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 1334. CYBERSECURITY INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 

4 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE OR UNI6 VERSITY.—The term ‘historically Black college or 

7 university’ has the meaning given the term ‘part B 

8 institution’ in section 322 of the Higher Education 

9 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1061). 

10 ‘‘(2) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 

11 The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 

12 meaning given that term in section 101 of the High13 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 

14 ‘‘(3) JUNIOR OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The 

15 term ‘junior or community college’ has the meaning 

16 given that term in section 312 of the Higher Edu17 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1058). 

18 ‘‘(4) MINORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.—The 

19 term ‘minority-serving institution’ means an eligible 

20 institution of higher education described in section 

21 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

22 U.S.C. 1067q(a)). 

23 ‘‘(5) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘sec24 ondary school’ means a school or program that pro25 vides secondary education, as determined under 


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1 State law, except that the term does not include any 

2 education beyond grade 12. 

3 ‘‘(6) TECHNICAL, TRADE, OR VOCATIONAL

4 SCHOOL.—The term ‘technical, trade, or vocational 

5 school’ has the meaning given that term in section 

6 411.167 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations. 

7 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM.—The Secretary shall carry out a cy8 bersecurity internship program (in this section referred to 

9 as the ‘Program’) under which an eligible individual par10 ticipates in a paid cybersecurity internship at the Depart11 ment with duties aligned to such participant’s respective 

12 education, skills, and experience. 

13 ‘‘(c) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to participate in 

14 the Program, an individual shall— 

15 ‘‘(1) be a citizen of the United States; 

16 ‘‘(2) be at least 16 years old; and 

17 ‘‘(3) be enrolled in a secondary school, tech18 nical, trade, or vocational school, or institution of 

19 higher education, in accordance with subsection (d). 

20 ‘‘(d) COMPOSITION.—The Secretary shall, as prac21 ticable, ensure that participants selected for the Program 

22 for each intern class include students enrolled in each of 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(1) Secondary schools. 

25 ‘‘(2) Junior or community colleges. 


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1 ‘‘(3) Undergraduate degree programs. 

2 ‘‘(4) Postgraduate degree programs. 

3 ‘‘(5) Technical, trade, or vocational schools. 

4 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 

5 ‘‘(1) REPORTS.—Not later than 1 year after the 

6 date of enactment of the DHS Cybersecurity Intern7 ship Program Act and annually thereafter, the Sec8 retary shall submit to the Committee on Homeland 

9 Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 

10 and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 

11 House of Representatives a report on the Program. 

12 ‘‘(2) MATTERS.—Each report under paragraph 

13 (1) shall include, with respect to the most recent 

14 Program year, the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) A description of outreach efforts by 

16 the Secretary to raise awareness of the Pro17 gram among secondary schools and institutions 

18 of higher education, including among junior or 

19 community colleges, historically Black colleges 

20 and universities, and other minority-serving in21 stitutions. 

22 ‘‘(B) Information on specific recruiting ef23 forts by the Secretary to increase participation 

24 in the Program. 


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1 ‘‘(C) The number of individuals partici2 pating in the Program, listed by the type of 

3 school or program in which the individual is en4 rolled at the time of participation, and informa5 tion on the nature of each such participation, 

6 including Department components supported, 

7 and the duties of each such individual. 

8 ‘‘(3) CONSOLIDATION.—Reports submitted 

9 under this subsection may be consolidated with the 

10 reports required under section 1333(e).’’. 

11 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 

12 in section 1(b) of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 

13 (Public Law 107–296; 116 Stat. 2135) is amended by in14 serting after the item relating to section 1333 the fol15 lowing new item: 

‘‘Sec. 1334. Cybersecurity internship program.’’. 

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